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nTranslator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

nThe masked man moved extremely fast. Even though he had Xu Xiaoshou in a chokehold, this had no effect on his speed.

nYet, the law enforcers of the Spirit Law Division were equally capable. They were keeping pace and weren’t that far behind.

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nGoose Lake was rather large, but the masked man crossed it in a few steps.

nIt was just then that a group of law enforcers appeared in front of the two of them. The masked man wasn’t the only one who was stunned. Xu Xiaoshou was also puzzled.

nHe wondered if this group of law enforcers had come over after hearing the noise from his fighting. But it seemed more likely that they’d been planning an ambush on them all along…

nWell!

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nPerhaps, they hadn’t been drawn by the noise but had been lying in ambush this whole time.

nXu Xiaoshou looked at the masked man in surprise, wondering who this man was and why so many law enforcers of the Spirit Law Division had come out to ambush him.

nThough his fight from earlier had been earth-shattering, it hadn’t interrupted the plans of the Spirit Law Division. No one had bothered to come out to stop him from killing his opponents.

nXu Xiaoshou felt unimportant at the moment.

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nIt turned out that he wasn’t a part of their plans and that he might have actually disrupted the plans of the Spirit Palace.

nThe masked man stopped in his tracks and turned around. At that moment, many heads could be seen on the other two edges of Goose Lake.

nXu Xiaoshou felt his heart go cold as he realized it was true…

nThese law enforcers had been waiting here all along!

n“Are you the ‘Saint Servant’ Elder Sang mentioned? We’ve been waiting for you for a few days. You’d better surrender yourself.” Xiao Qixiu walked out from the forest with a long sword on his back while looking sideways at the masked man.

n“He has come back…” Xu Xiaoshou was probably the only one who could hear the masked man’s whisper. The man suddenly lowered his head and asked, “Rascal, do you know Elder Sang?”

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n“No, I don’t!”

nXu Xiaoshou was almost in tears. He wished he’d minded his mouth. The situation had turned against him. His careless words had put him in a perilous situation now.

nHe looked at Xiao Qixiu and shouted, “Master Judge, help me. This guy just killed two disciples of the Spirit Palace. I don’t want to be the third!”

nXiao Qixiu: “…”

n“This lad must think I’m blind,” he thought. “We’ve been waiting here for a long time and didn’t see the man kill anyone.”

nXiao Qixiu didn’t want anything to stand in the way of the more important matter at hand. This evening, he would seize everyone who made trouble and send them to the punishment platform.

nDespised, passive point, 1.

nThe masked man was puzzled when he heard what Xu Xiaoshou said.

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nHe wondered when he’d killed someone. It was obvious that this lad was throwing mud at him with no shame at all.

nCursed, passive point, 1.

n“You rascal…”

nAs the masked man made to increase the intensity of his sword energy to make Xu Xiaoshou suffer more, he heard the lad at his waist say, “Calm down. Don’t be witless.

n“If you admitt that you killed two people, I’ll guarantee your safe departure from the Spirit Palace.”

nThe masked man was amused by this remark. What would a lad like him with such a low cultivation level be able to do?

nXu Xiaoshou realized his trick wasn’t working and came up with another lie. “I guess you must be a member of an evil…bah, a righteous organization.

n“As a matter of fact, I can’t stand this Spirit Palace anymore. They’re all too hypocritical. I’ve wanted to join you guys for a long time now.

n“You’ll follow my instructions later since I know a secret passage…”

n“You’ve wanted to join us?” the masked man interrupted him.

nXu Xiaoshou was startled. The man seemed to be more interested in this matter than the mention of the secret passage, which was what he should’ve been interested in.

nHe was a bit worried that what he’d said was true and that this man was a member of an evil organization.

n“This isn’t that important. What is important is the secret passage…”

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n“Do you really want to join us?” the masked man interrupted him once more.

nXu Xiaoshou felt like crying again. “Yes, I’ve set my heart on it!”

n“What’s your name?”

n“Wen Chong,” Xu Xiaoshou said, making up the name without a second thought. “Wen as in the phrase ‘never heard of,’ and Chong as in ‘recharging money.'”

n“What’s ‘recharging money?'”

n“It’s recharging Q…” Xu Xiaoshou trailed in the middle of his sentence and waved his hand. “You wouldn’t understand it no matter how I explained it…”

n“Is it the ‘Chong’ as in surfing?”

n“What surfing?”

n“…”

nXu Xiaoshou had to admit that he was indeed a bit nervous, but he tried his best to stay calm.

n“It’s the ‘Ming’ as in being clever.”

n“Oh, ‘Ming’ as in clever…”

nThere was a hint of mockery in the masked man’s eyes. “So your name is Wen Ming?”

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nXu Xiaoshou felt like crying. Why did he have to go and behave so badly tonight and make so many mistakes with his choice of words?

n“My name is Wen Chong!” he said weakly.

nThe masked man didn’t respond, as Xiao Qixiu had drawn near.

nThe man shook his body a little and flew to a high elevation over Goose Lake. The raindrops seemed to be colder at such a height.

nXu Xiaoshou looked down at the shrunken Goose Lake below. The hundreds of law enforcers looked like a thin thread, and he started to feel scared.

nEven when he was on his sword, he didn’t dare to fly this high. If he fell from such a height, his innate flesh physique would turn into a pile of flesh mud.

n“You have to hold me tightly!” Xu Xiaoshou pressed deeper into the masked man’s bosom. At the moment he was very timid.

nThe masked man was amused. The man pulled out his finger that was behind Xu Xiaoshou’s back and hoisted him instead. “If you stay motionless, you won’t fall.”

nXu Xiaoshou grew more anxious. Though the pain in his body was gone, he felt considerably less safe.

nHe thought about it and said, “You’d better put your finger in my back again. I don’t feel safe this way.”

nThe masked man: “…”

nThis lad must be mentally challenged!

nWithout a second thought, the masked man put his finger back into Xu Xiaoshou’s back to make him spit out a mouthful of fresh blood with a puff.

n“D*mn it. You took my words literally!

n“Take your finger out, quickly. I was just kidding.”

nXu Xiaoshou felt uneasy. This man didn’t behave like a normal person.

nThe masked man pulled his finger out. But before Xu Xiaoshou could feel relief, he found his body was thrown higher in the sky.

nThe whooshing wind almost scared him to death.

n“Help me!”

n“Shut up and watch out!” the masked man yelled harshly.

nThough his eyes were assaulted by the wind and rain and he had a hard time keeping his eyes open, Xu Xiaoshou could clearly Sense his surroundings.

nHe Sensed Xiao Qixiu on the ground reach out his hand, and the long sword on his back tore apart a green path in the night sky as he headed toward the masked man like a shooting star.

nThe sword will contained in the striking sword was equivalent to a violent wild beast. As such, the raindrops in the sky turned into nothingness whereever the sword passed.

nXu Xiaoshou now understood why the masked man had thrown him high up in the sky.

nIf the man hadn’t thrown him so far away, Xu Xiaoshou figured that he would have been torn into oblivion like the raindrops turning into smoke before the sword drew near.

nYet, the masked man wasn’t affected at all.

nMoreover, Xu Xiaoshou vaguely heard the masked man’s mocking remark:

n“Among those who have dared to attack me, you’re the weakest…”

nXu Xiaoshou felt troubled. This man was truly shameless.

nHe was indeed a showman…

nXu Xiaoshou thought his former reckless behavior in the competition arena couldn’t hold a candle to this man.

nBefore Xu Xiaoshou could complain further, his eyes widened the next moment.

nThe masked man didn’t move an inch. All he was doing was staring at the longsword heading his way, a slight sword will still on his body.

nYet, the longsword shuddered for no obvious reason and gave out a wailing sound. It seemed that the sword was under tremendous pressure, and it turned around and shot at Xiao Qixiu.

nXiao Qixiu was stunned. It was hard for him to fathom why the sword that had been with him for decades would intend to destroy its own master.

nUnfortunately, Xiao Qixiu didn’t have enough time to reflect on this. The returning longsword traveled faster than the speed of his control.

nAs Xiao Qixiu made to move, the sword energy in his body suddenly exploded, throwing everyone around him onto the ground. At the same time, Xiao Qixiu was confined on the spot by the sword energy.

nPoo!

nThe longsword passed through Xiao Qixiu’s body.

n“Puff!”

nXiao Qixiu’s eyes were filled with disbelief as blood poured out from every orifice in his body.

nXu Xiaoshou was so horrified his eyeballs almost jumped out of their sockets.

nThe masked man slowly lifted his head and looked at Xu Xiaoshou, his cloudy eyes showing a hint of motion.

n“If I’m right…”

n“This is the path of the sword will you are on right now.”

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